Onomatopoeia
Definition:
The term ‘onomatopoeia’ refers to words whose very sound is very close to the sound they are meant to depict. In other words, it refers to sound words whose pronunciation to the actual sound/noise they represent.
Example:
Words such as grunt, huff, buzz and snap are words whose
pronunciation sounds very similar to the actual sounds these words represent. In literature such words are useful in creating a stronger mental image. For instance, sentences such as “the whispering of the forest trees” or “the hum of a thousand bees” or “the click of the door in the nighttime” create vivid mental images.
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Can anyone tell me if Onomatopoeia is used in this sentence.
Down sank the bell, with a gurgling sound.
And
The bubbles rose and burst around.
Yes = GURGLING
Ummmm yea the gurgling thingy is an onomatopoeia in my opinion
swoosh
Can't some words be onomatopeoias even though they aren't exactly commonly considered as such? Some poetry seems to use more abstract forms of onomatopeoeia.
what about zoomm!! can that be onomatopoeia?
Bah!
Splish Splash, BOOM, and Crash are a few.
Whoosh is a good one.
Great Choice Of Onomatopeia
From what I understand, they have to be actual words which have sound, and not made-up words which exist just to mimic a sound, correct?
is PAZANG an onomanopia? xD
Nope, PAZANG is not a word
what about ring? like the sound a bell makes?
Pop! Boom! Pow! Smack! Swish! Slam! Smash! Wow!
how about bird ku ku?
Would the words "the sharp knife of a short life "
GRRR, ROARRR, DING!
im confused alright so here's a part of the the poem Remember by Ms. Rosseti
"Gone far away into the silent land"
POP! SMACK! SNAP! SLUSH! SQUISH! JIGGLE JIGGLE! HAHA! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Is "caw" an onomatopoeia?
any kind of sound?
or is it just like the word the relates to the sound?
Helpful for Literature students.
In short the use of words to imitate the sounds they describe like " the burning of wood crackled"
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Wam! Bam! Pow! Buzzz! Bang! Ding! Zip! Ooooo Ahhhhh Ow!
well noted
oohed? ahhed? are they considered?
POP! SMACK! SNAP! SLUSH! SQUISH! JIGGLE JIGGLE! HAHA! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
would "flapping of wings" be considered examples of onomatopoeia?
no
By saying that the wings are flapping, it's not really a sound, it's more just stating the action that the wings are doing.
To make the sound, perhaps you may use woosh or flap.
If you don't find that there's a sound that you can imagine when you use it, then it's not a sound.
You may become confused if maybe you say train on it's track. You're just stating where the train is. You can use something like chug, chuga, choo choo, or maybe the train roars. I think that using a sound by actually saying what it sounds like is something else, a different word, for example, a bee, bzzzzz, a car, rereererereeee, a train, woo. These are all separate from onomatopoeia and is considered something else. I'm not 100% sure though.
...no
Is...And not... Flap can be considered as a sound word but in this case it isn't really a sound word
I wouldn't say that has an Onomatopoeia. Try whoosh or swish or flop or flip... do you understand now.
yea dont.
No, you would have to do something like "Flap" Or sometihng that wounds like the noise.
nope
the word flap might be an example but the words flapping of wings is not. The sound of the word "flap" sounds like a bird flapping it's wings. See other examples above.
POP!!!
ZIP!
nice
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